Traffic accidents killed 6,204 people nationwide in the first seven months of this year, a decline of 717 or 10.36% year-on-year, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

Banks are advised to have meticulous consideration before lending BOT and BT infrastructure projects as outstanding loans for the projects are likely at risk of turning into non-performing ones.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged ministries, Tien Giang province, investors and bankers to work to ensure the progress and equality of the Trung Luong – My Thuan expressway – a key route for the development of the Mekong Delta while chairing a meeting of permanent Cabinet members in Hanoi on July 30.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has requested quickening the construction of the Trung Luong – My Thuan expressway, aiming to complete the project by 2019.